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Mormon
scripture: God curses bad races with black skin
2 Nephi
5:21
21 And the Lord had caused the cursing to come upon
them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their
iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against
him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore,
as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome,
that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord
God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.
Alma
3: 6 "And the skins of the Lamanites were dark,
according to the mark which was set upon their fathers,
which was a curse upon them because of their transgression
and their rebellion against their brethren, who consisted
of Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph, and Sam, who were just and
holy men."
3 Nephi
2:14-15
14 And it came to pass that those Lamanites who had united
with the Nephites were numbered among the Nephites;
15 And their curse was taken from them, and their
skin became white like unto the Nephites;
Moses
7:22
22 And Enoch also beheld the residue of the people which
were the sons of Adam; and they were a mixture of all the
seed of Adam save it was the seed of Cain, for the
seed of Cain were black, and had not place among them.
Abraham
1:21-24,27
21 Now this king of Egypt was a descendant from the loins
of Ham, and was a partaker of the blood of the Canaanites
by birth.
22 From this descent sprang all the Egyptians, and thus
the blood of the Canaanites was preserved
in the land.
23 The land of Egypt being first discovered by a woman,
who was the daughter of Ham, and the daughter of Egyptus,
which in the Chaldean signifies Egypt, which signifies that
which is forbidden;
24 When this woman discovered the land it was under water,
who afterward settled her sons in it; and thus,
from Ham, sprang that race which preserved the curse in
the land.
27 Now, Pharaoh being of that lineage by
which he could not have the right of Priesthood,
notwithstanding the Pharaohs would fain claim it from Noah,
through Ham, therefore my father was led away by their idolatry;
Official
LDS Church Publications Explain Racist LDS Scriptures
"The
Book of Abraham is rich both in doctrine and in historical
incidents. Of the latter the fact of the large influence
(if not identity) of Egyptian religious ideas in Chaldea
in the days of Abraham is established; the descent
of the black race, Negro, from Cain, the first
murderer; the preservation of that race through the flood
by the wife of Ham--"Egyptus," which in the Chaldean
signifies "Egypt," "which signifies that
which is forbidden"--the descendants of "Egyptus"
were cursed as pertaining to the priesthood--that is, they
were barred from holding that divine power; the origin also
of the Egyptians--these things, together with the account
of Abraham migrating from Chaldea to Egypt, constitute the
chief historical items that are contained in the book."
- Comprehensive History of the Church, Vol.2, Ch.47,
Pg.128
“From
this it is very clear that the mark which was set
upon the descendants of Cain was a skin of blackness, and
there can be no doubt that this was the mark that Cain himself
received; in fact, it has been noticed in our day
that men who have lost the spirit of the Lord, and from
whom His blessings have been withdrawn, have turned dark
to such an extent as to excite the comments of all who have
known them.”
- Juvenile Instructor, vol. 26, page 635
"We
will first inquire into the results of the approbation or
displeasure of God upon a people, starting with the belief
that a black skin is a mark of the curse of heaven placed
upon some portions of mankind. Some, however, will
argue that a black skin is not a curse, nor a white skin
a blessing. In fact, some have been so foolish as to believe
and say that a black skin is a blessing, and that the negro
is the finest type of a perfect man that exists on the earth;
but to us such teachings are foolishness. We understand
that when God made man in his own image and pronounced him
very good, that he made him white. We have no record
of any of God's favored servants being of a black race....every
angel who ever brought a message of God's mercy to man was
beautiful to look upon, clad in the purest white and with
a countenance bright as the noonday sun.”
- The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 3, page 157
“For
instance, the descendants of Cain cannot cast off their
skin of blackness, at once, and immediately, although every
soul of them should repent,... Cain and his posterity
must wear the mark which God put upon them; and
his white friends may wash the race of Cain with fuller's
soap every day, they cannot wash away God's mark;...”
- LDS Publication, The Millennial Star, vol. 14, page
418
"Their
skin is quite black, their hair woolly and black, their
intelligence stunted, and they appear never to have arisen
from the most savage state of barbarism.”
- The Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 3, page 157
"Is
or is it not apparent from reason and analogy as drawn from
a careful reading of the Scriptures, that God causes
the saints, or people that fall away from his church to
be cursed in time, with a black skin? Was or was not Cain,
being marked, obliged to inherit the curse, he and his children,
forever? And if so, as Ham, like other sons of
God, might break the rule of God, by marrying out of the
church, did or did he not, have a Canaanite wife, whereby
some of the black seed was preserved through the flood,
and his son, Canaan, after he laughed at his grandfather's
nakedness, heired three curses: one from Cain for killing
Abel; one from Ham for marrying a black wife, and one from
Noah for ridiculing what God had respect for? Are
or are not the Indians a sample of marking with blackness
for rebellion against God's holy word and holy order?
And can or can we not observe in the countenances of almost
all nations, except the Gentile, a dark, sallow hue, which
tells the sons of God, without a line of history, that they
have fallen or changed from the original beauty and grace
of father Adam?"
- LDS Messenger and Advocate (Mar 1835), Pg.82
"History
and common observation show that these predictions have
been fulfilled to the letter. The descendants of
Ham, besides a black skin which has ever been a curse that
has followed an apostate of the holy priesthood, as well
as a black heart, have been servants to both Shem and Japheth,
and the abolitionists are trying to make void the curse
of God, but it will require more power than man possesses
to counteract the decrees of eternal wisdom."
- Times and Seasons, Vol.6, Pg.857
The
LDS Church's racism isn't just from some isolated quote
from one or two church leaders. The racist teaching from
the Mormon pulpit is prolific and consistent over time.
If God didn't agree with his prophets teaching these things
in His church, then why did they continue over generations?
There's
a big difference between folklore and Mormon scripture.
When the president and prophet of the church stands at the
pulpit and teaches the laws of God, that isn't folklore.
The
list of "inspired" LDS Prophets that have taught
racist doctrine from the pulpit is too large to cite here.
But here's a sampling:
http://www.realmormonhistory.com/god&skin.htm
Some
church members make the mistake of dismissing the racist
statements of 19th-century Mormon leaders as "their
own opinion," "not official doctrine," "products
of their times," etc.
Those
same church members assert that the only "official
doctrine" is the Standard Works and official statements
of the First Presidency, and that if some leaders said something
that didn't come from those sources, it isn't "binding
on the membership," and it isn't "canon"
or "official doctrine."
However,
an official statement of the LDS Church First Presidency
issued on August 17, 1951, reads:
"The
position of the Church regarding the Negro may be understood
when another doctrine of the church is kept in mind,
namely, that the conduct of spirits in the pre-mortal existence
has some determining effect upon the conditions and circumstances
under which these spirits take on mortality, and that while
the details of this principle have not been made known,
the principle itself indicates that the coming to this earth
and taking on mortality is a privilege that is given to
those who maintained their first estate; and that the worth
of the privilege is so great that spirits are willing to
come to earth and take on bodies no matter what the handicap
may be as to the kind of bodies they are to secure; and
that among the
handicaps, failure of the right to enjoy in mortality
the blessings of the priesthood is a handicap which spirits
are willing to assume in order that they might come to earth.
Under this principle there is no injustice whatsoever involved
in this deprivation as to the holding of the priesthood
by the Negroes....."
"Man
will be punished for his own sins and not for Adam's transgression.
If this is carried further, it would imply that the
Negro is punished or alloted to a certain position on this
earth, not because of Cain's transgression, but came to
earth through the loins of Cain because of his failure to
achieve other stature in the spirit world."
- William E. Berrett's "The Church and the Negroid
People," pp. 16-17
Since
it's obvious from this official First Presidency statement
that church leaders taught and believed that people are
born as Negroes because of their behavior in the pre-existence---
---as
well as being from the lineage of the "accursed"
Cain---
---and
the "sign" of Cain's curse was the black skin
and flat nose, according to church leaders---
---then
the fact that Negroes are still being born by the tens of
thousands every day tells us that the God of Mormonism has
never lifted the "curse of Cain," despite having
the priesthood ban rescinded.
Church
members are terribly mistaken when they say that the "curse
of Cain" teachings were "folklore" and "not
official doctrine."
If the
people of Jamaica can recognize the LDS Church's racism,
why can't church members?
http://www.i4m.com/think/comments/mormon-racism.htm
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